Cleaning and scouring device



Dec. 31, 1929. o, 5, CASE 1,741,223

,dmmumu AND scounme DEVICE Filed Nov. 10, 1928 gwuankw 25 to, and used in connection with, the ordiopenings 12, as illustrated in Fig. 3, but

' of. Like numerals refer to like parts in all structure of the device and making it ims'ras PATENT OFFICE OWEN S. CASE, OF W'ALDEN, COLORADO CLEANING AND SCOURING DEVICE Application filed November 10, 1928. Serial No. 318,322.

This invention relates to a cleaning and shaped blades 10, flexibly secured together scouring device of the type adaptable for by means of rings 11. The rings 11 comuse in cleaning pots, pans, kitchen ware, etc. prise narrow tubular bands of rigid mate- It is, however, not limited to this use since rial which are passed through openings 12 it will find valuable application in many formed ad acent each extremity of each of other uses, such as in removing varnish, the bladeslO. paint and other surface material. The design or outline of the mat or fab- The principal object of the invention is ric may be varied, as desired, to any form to provide a flexible pad or fabric which adapted to a series of triangles, of which,

will present a surface of blade-like edges to the mat design is composed. 60 the article being cleaned, each individual The unusual efficiency of the device deedge acting as a knife or scraper. pends upon maintalning the blades 10 al- Another object of the invention is to seways substantially vertlcal to the surface becure together a series of blade-like members ing cleaned. This is accomplished without in such a way that they will always stand affecting the flexibillty of the article by 65 uprightly and so that they can not become means of the unusual shape of the openoverlapped or collapsed, but will always ings 12. maintain their original design or form. Each of the openings 12 is formed somefurther object is to provide a mat or what in the shape of a figure 8, that is, each fabric of linked, rigid, blade-like members opening has two opposite, inwardly extend- 79 which will be flexible so as to conform to the ing projections 13 which substantially concontour of the surface being cleaned. tact with inner and outer faces of the rings A still further object is to so construct 11. The projections 13 allow a limited arthe blade-like fabric that it can be attached cuate movement of the rings within the F nary dish mop. prevent the rings from being turned at right Other objects and advantages reside in the angles to or backward upon the blades.

detail construction of the invention, which It has been found by experiment that if is designed for simplicity, economy, and efthe projections 13 are eliminated and the 37 ficiency. These will become more apparent openings 12 formed simply as round holes,

from the following description. the rings 10 have an unlimited arc of move- In the following detailed description of ment and fold back upon the blades allowthe invention reference is had to the accoming adjacent series of blades to collapse panying drawing which forms a part hereupon each other thus destroying the entire views of the drawing and throughout the possible to retain the original design or description. form. By providing the projections 13, how- In the drawing: v ever, the rings are limited to substantially Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the a 4:5 movement. This allows substantially flexibility of my improved cleaning and a movement between adjacent blades scouring device. and complete flexibility throughout the entire Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. device and yet at all times the blades are Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view illusmaintained perpendicular to the two faces trating the detail construction of the device. of the fabric.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating In use, the pad or fabric is held against my improved cleaning and scouring device the article to be cleaned by thehand, and is combined with a dish mop. rubbed over the surface thereof. The edges The invention. comprises, preferably but of the blades 10 are thus presented to the not necessarily, a hexagonallyshaped mat or surface of the article as a multitude of small fabric consisting of a series of similarly knives or scrapers. As the device is moved over this surface the blades travel at a pluralit of different angles and exert a highly eficient cleaning and scouring action.

The efliciency of the article is undi1ninishcd by constant use since Wear on the blades does not in any Way impair their effectiveness.

A wire loop 14 is provided which terminates in loops or hooks 15 by means of which it may be attachedtotwo of the corner or terminal rings 11.

A method of using the invention is illus trated in Fig. 4, in which it is applied to a dish mop 1'7 having a handle 16. This arrangement is useful for cleaning pots and pans in hot soapy Water without necessitating. the operators hands being placed in the water. The invention is applied to the mop, 17 by passing its handle 16 through the loop 14k so that the blade-like fabric willilie between the mop and the article being cleaned. The mopcan then be used in place of the hand to press the fabric against the article.

While'a specific form of the invention has been described and-illustrated herein, it is desired to-be understood that the same may be varied, within the scope of the appended claims, Withhutdeparting from the spirit of the invention Having thus described the invention, What I claim and desire secured by Lett rs Patent is 1. A cleaning and securing device-compris ingz a'series of fiat, substantially rectangular, blademembers having openings formed adjacent their extremities; and a series'of cylindrical rings of narrow flat material passing through said openings so as to secure said blade members in a series'of triangles into a flatfabric, said members extending uprightly in said fabric so as to present theiredges to the SllnfElCGS thereof; projectionsextendinginwardly into said openings substantially into contact witlrth'e inner and outer surfaces of said rings so as to limit the arcuatemovement of said rings within said openings.

2;. A cleaning and securing device comprising: aseries of flat, substantially rectangular, blade members having openings formed ad'- jacent their extremities; and a series of cylindrical bands of narrow flat material passing through said openings to secure said blide members in a series of triangles into a flat fabric, means to maintain said members A 'htlyin'said fabric'so as to present their es to the surfaces thereof; and a wire loop securcd'to external bands in said series and prejecting beyond said fabric.

3. A cleaning and scouring device'comprising: a series-of elongated flatthini blades provided with openings adjacent their 6X trenut'es; and a series of narrowcyliridfiical bands securing said blades together'through said openings to form a fabric, means to maintain theme-at of both said bands and said blades uprightly in said fabric, said fabric comprismg a series of triangles,

each side of each triangle consisting of one 

